Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-05-12

IOWA CONDENSER.
ottumwa's artosian bore is down s75

feet.
Mrs. Major Dale. the pioneer saliva
zionist in America, is shouting and
swinging the tambourine in Keokuk.
II Is expected that the soldiers home at
Marshalltown will be ready to receive oc.
cupants OctobeS /.
The Des Moines city council has voted
gold medal to Fireman Lynch, who
rescued young lady from the burning
Foster opera house, April 30.
Barney Kennedy, of Dubuque, arrested
for the murder of his wife, has given his
property to his children, and his lawyer
fee of $500, to be increased to $500 il
he is cleared.
The body of John d. Phelan, of Keo-
kuk, who disappeared Sunday, April "A,
was found in the river at Alexandria Mo-,
few miles below Keokuk. 1t is sup
posed he jumped into the river while un-
der alteration of mind. He had been
drinking greatly. ....r
Work in the coal mines at Knoxville
Junction is on one-third time, with indi-
cations of no improvement during the
summer.
Richard Cox, capitalist, who has re-
sided in Dubuque 81 years, died May 9,
aged rs years.
The Sioux City driving park association
has filed articles of incorporation with
the Auditor of State; capital stock, S25,
900.
1t has recently been discovered that the
hard winter has killed all the blackberry
bushes so extensively cultivated at Della.
ware.
The State railroad commission has f.
nally decided the Union depot site ques-
ton at Ottumwa, and the building will
| be erected at once.
The immense shops of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy road at Letter, just
beyond the corporate limits of Bur1ing.
ton, occupy about 40 acres and cost
$500, 200.
The Methodists of Leon expect to
build a 81, 900 church this season
The cases against the Angus miners for
conspiracy and murder growing out of
the Snake Creek riot, were all dismissed
| at the commencement of this term of
court. The cases have been hanging on
for the last two years, piling up costs
against the State.
A probably fatal accident occurred in
Clayton Center a few days ago. The
nine year old son of Mr.. Fred Lindraud,
who lives with the family of Mr.. Cain of
Clayton Center, was playing in the street
with some companions, when the Clayton
stage came along. He attempted to cross
in front of the team and was struck by
the horses and knocked down. Before
Henry Fritz, the stage driver, could con-
troll the team the wheels passed over the
boys head, tearing off the scalp from
the whole back of his head and fractur-
ing the skull. The wound is danger
Gus and probably fatal one.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary of State by the
Colfax street railway company. The in
corporators are: Willard T. Block, Sid
ncy Williams. Henry Fellows, Frank T.
Kcgley and Isaac G. Balthis. Capital,
$4,000. The purpose is to construct,
equip and operate street railways in the
incorporated town of Colfax, and to any
place If public resort in or near the sub
urbs of said town.
The Executive department at Des
Moines has recently received notice from
the commissioner of the general land Of
| flee that the claim of the State of Iowa
for swamp indemnity under acts of Con-
gress, March 2, 1866, and March 3, 1857,
has been finally rejected ON lands selected
and claimed as swamp in the following
counties, and which lands the general
government disposed of subsequent tC
the date of the act of September %, 1850
granting the swamp lands to the State
VS.: in Clinton county, SO, 900 acres Davis
800 acres; Scott, 1000 acres; Wayne
II, 700 acres; Howard, 960 acres; Mitch
ELL 7,4S0 acres; Monroe, $4,000 acres
Also that the swamp indemnity claim i:
held for rejection by said commissioner,
subject to appeal to the Secretary of thu
Interior, on like class of lands in The
following counties, viz: Floyd county,
400 acres, and in Poweshiek, IL, 700
acres. The figures herein given may vary
somewhat from the true quantities, bu
are substantially correct.
Dairy Commissioner Sherman has Is
sued circular letter to dealers in butte
and cheese. He says certain parties arr
selling a recipe for making butter, ant
calls the attention of those who haC
bought the recipe to the section in thu
new law forbidding it. He says Amber
son & Newcomb, who live near Ceda
Rapids, manufactured spurious article
last winter at Garrison, and warns buyer
to beware of them. He also says tina
Illinois parties are adulterating milk ant
selling it for the purpose of making
cheese out of it.
The county superintendent conven
ton at Waterloo has been adjourned t.
May "a.
The 80 bydrants of the city of Crestor
have been located and active work on tn,
plant will soon commence.
The committee of the Dubuque Job
bers' Association have returned from Mil
waukee without having succeeded in get
ting rates admitting them to competition
for the Minnesota anu Dakota business
A young woman was arrested at Hop
kinton, Delaware county, on charge o
horse stealing. She was endeavoring T.
sell team of horses she had in her pos
session at the time of her arrest. TIL
woman is said to live in the neighborhoo
of Worthington, Dubuque county, and a
her people are well known she may no
be prosecuted
A collision resulting fatally to two me